Late heroics from McCutcheon, Cabrera lift Pirates, Tigers

Sat, Apr 15, 2023
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ST. LOUIS (AP) - Andrew McCutchen homered in the 10th inning to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday.

McCutchen hit a 3-2 pitch from Jordan Hicks (0-1) over the left field wall for his third home run of the season to leadoff the 10th.

David Bednar (2-0) pitched a scoreless ninth inning, and Dauri Moreta worked around a leadoff walk in the 10th to earn his first save of the season. Roansy Contreras allowed two runs on six hits in becoming the fifth straight Pirates' starter to work into the sixth inning.

Cardinals starter Steven Matz allowed two runs on three hits in 5 2/3 innings while walking five batters and striking out six.

TIGERS 7, GIANTS 6, 11 INNINGS

DETROIT (AP) - Miguel Cabrera's walk-off single in the 11th inning capped Detroit's rally from a five-run deficit to beat San Francisco.

Taylor Rogers (0-2) started the 11th with a wild pitch, which moved Spencer Torkelson to third. Cabrera's bouncer up the middle was his 3,095th career hit and scored Torkelson.

Chasen Shreve (1-1) got the win, with five Detroit relievers combining to pitch seven shutout innings.

The Tigers trailed 6-1 after three innings and were still down 6-3 in the eighth, but Nick Maton singled off John Brebbia and Riley Greene walked. Javier Baez fouled off six two-strike pitches before hitting a two-run double to make it 6-5 and brought Sean Hjelle out of the Giants bullpen. Kerry Carpenter's deep fly to right moved Baez to third, and Torkelson's flare over the drawn-in infield tied the game.

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Giants starter Anthony DeScalfani allowed three runs, two of them earned, on six hits in 6 2/3 innings.

YANKEES 6, TWINS 1

NEW YORK (AP) - Domingo German retired his first 16 batters and New York beat Minnesota.

Kyle Higashioka and Anthony Rizzo homered and Giancarlo Stanton had a two-run double for the Yankees, which rebounded from their first consecutive losses this season and stopped the Twins' four-game winning streak.

German (1-1) didn't allow a hit until his 66th pitch when Christian Vazquez singled up the middle on a fastball with a 2-1 count. He struck out a career-high 11, walked none and gave up one run and three hits in 6 1/3 innings.

Tyler Mahle (1-2) allowed four runs - two earned - four hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings.

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